The James Logan Courier

By Michelle Raskin, Courier Staff Writer

Logan teacher Ramon Camacho packed up his truck March 30 to take donated goods to the drop off site for the farm workers who were affected by this winter's freeze that killed fruit trees and other agricultural crops and put many workers out jobs.

Camacho had a truck-load of donations to deliver because he attended a Community Empowerment Service Meeting last month during which Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Cesar Chavez's daughter, spoke of the plight of the workers. Rodriguez asked everyone at the meeting if they could help out the freeze victims. Over 28,000 jobs were lost; it was a crisis in many workers' lives.

For more information, and to make donations, visit the United Farm Workers website, www.ufw.org.

By Brian Gilmore (MCT)

We are not doing enough to support our troops when they return home. Some have actually become homeless, and it is a serious problem.

Veterans now account for about one-third of the estimated 200,000 homeless Americans, according to a recent CBS News report. Many of the homeless veterans served in the Vietnam War, but the number of homeless Iraq and Afghanistan veterans is expected to grow in coming years.

By Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (MCT)

Three weeks ago, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales wrote that the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys was nothing more than "an overblown personnel matter." He could not be more wrong. The scandal is important for many reasons, but it is most important as a vivid example of the Bush administration's shameful subversion of the rule of law.